Occasionally dataframe columns have not been named logically and consistent in the software where the data originates. This function renames variable names based on patterns in the variable labels, after ignoring some stop words.
Usage
rename_by_labels(
data,
label_sep = " - ",
sort_var = c("pos", "variable", "label"),
new_var_sep = "_",
stop_words = NULL
)Arguments
- data
Dataset.
- label_sep
The separator between group part and unique part of label.
- sort_var
When numbering variables within a group, what to sort by? pos is original position in dataset, variable is variable name (alphabetical), and label is label (alphabetical)
- new_var_sep
When creating new variables, how to glue together variable group name prefix and numbering?
- stop_words
Words to ignore in label when abbreviating label to name.